Monday, March 8, 2010

Don't Monkey Around; Check Out Chi.mp

You can get your own place to manage your online identity from in a .mp top level domain. Go to http://chi.mp

I recently set one up for myself at http://metajunkie.mp

Why is this cool? Well - the rumor is that I can now use metajunkie.mp to sign into sites that support OpenID. This is an alternative way to manage your login credentials. Rather than create accounts all over the Internet, you can utilize your personal .mp domain to log in.

In a nutshell, when a site which supports OpenID asks you to log in, you provide your OpenID domain name (in my case: metajunkie.mp). You are then redirected to that chi.mp hosted page, and asked to login there. Once you do, your authentication information is forwarded back to the orignial site you went to login to. They get the go ahead from chi.mp that you are who you say you are, and you are granted access to their site.

There are other OpenID sites (such as MyOpenID), but the chi.mp solution is pretty neat, in that you can have your own domain name with them, for free. Also it helps you track and publish things about your online life. It gives you separate profiles for "public", "friends", and "work". So, you can make different levels of information available to different groups of people.

There is a place for an avatar pic of you, and your blogs and websites, as well as helping you manage your twitter, facebook, and other similar sites.

Enjoy!

Metajunkie

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

URGENT EVOKE

The latest Silicon World to take the stage is a free online game called EVOKE, which is open to anyone, anywhere. It goes live tomorrow, March 3rd, 2010.

EVOKE was produced by the World Bank Institute and is touted as "a ten-week crash course in changing the world".

Players who successfully complete each of the 10 game challenges, will be able to claim the honor: Certified EVOKE Social Innovator – Class of 2010

From the UrgentEvoke Website:
"Top players will also earn online mentorships with experienced social innovators and business leaders from around the world, seed funding for new ventures, and travel scholarships to share their vision for the future at the EVOKE Summit in Washington DC."


The first challenge appears to have to do with a fictitious future food crisis in Japan, which is based upon real world concerns regarding Japan's dependency upon imports for food.

According to one real-world news article, less than 40% of the average Japanese diet is domestic.

I hope to see you on the Evoke Network!

Metajunkie